Kvalifikacijos tobulinimas - tai nenutrūkstantis viso gyvenimo mokymasis įvairiomis formomis ir būdais, orientuotas į profesinių žinių ir gebėjimų įgijimą ir tobulinimą. Auklėtojos kompetencijos ir profesinių įgūdžių formavimas trunka visą profesinę karjerą. Svarbu, kaip po įvairių kvalifikacinių renginių ikimokyklinio ugdymo pedagogas reflektuoja savo kvalifikacijos tobulinimą, kaip pagerėja ugdomojo proceso kokybė. Labai svarbu, kokias kvalifikacinių tobulinimo programų esmines idėjas ikimokyklinio ugdymo auklėtoja įsisavino, reflektavo, kaip tai atsispindi ugdymo procese ir kas jame pakito. / Professional development is a continuous life-long learning in different ways and forms, focusing on the professional knowledge and skill acquisition, and development. The development of educator competencies and professional skills lasts the whole career. It is important, how does the pre-school teacher reflect on their professional development after various qualifying events, how does the quality of the educational process improve. It is very important what essential ideas of qualification improvement programs pre-school teacher mastered, what conclusions the teacher drew on how this is reflected in the educational process and what did it change. The situation nowadays makes us think about the meaning of teacher development, its effect on the quality of education in the schools. Based on that, the issues were raised: - Is pre-school teacher, which is open to innovation, creative, with communication skills, committed to continuously improve his or her skills and update your knowledge? - Does the teachers' participation in the training / learning events have an impact on the quality of the curriculum? - Do training events echoe the views of teachers and the quality?